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Ask, Buskerud
Coordinates: 60°8′7.26″N 10°10′4.87″E / 60.1353500°N 10.1680194°E / 60.1353500; 10.1680194 Ask is a village in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway. The name comes from the Norwegian word for ash tree. The village has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line. Ask is most known for Ask Chapel and for the Ask Manor house owned by the Løvenskiold family.
Ask Farm
Ask Farm (Gården Ask or Ask gods) is located at the northwest end of Tyrifjorden. The farm, which is one of the oldest in Ringerike, gave name to the village of Ask.
Odelsting President and District Jens Jensen Gram bought the farm at auction in 1816. The manor house was built by Major General Johan Georg Boll Gram, son of Jens Jensen Gram and was completed in 1874. Painter and writer Christian Skredsvig lived there a few months winter of 1878-79. Authors Peter Christian Asbjornsen and Jørgen Moe were also frequented guests.
Art painter Harald Vibe owned the estate for a short period, from 1919 to 1922. Axel Løvenskiold bought the estate in 1937, and it is still in family ownership. The estate still owns large forest areas. To the property also includes approx. 500 acres of farmland.
Buskerud
Buskerud [ˈbʉskəˈrʉːd] (
listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The county extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration is located in Drammen.
Geography
Buskerud extends from Hurum at the Oslofjord to the Halling mountains and Hardanger. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are Hallingdal, Numedal, Ringerike, Midt-Buskerud, which was originally part of Vestfold, and Western Vingulmark.
Hallingdal consists of Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.Numedal consists of Flesberg, Rollag and Nore og Uvdal.Ringerike consists of Hole and Ringerike. Midt-Buskerud consists of Sigdal, Krødsherad and Modum. Western Vingulmark consists of Hurum and Røyken.
Buskerud's western part is a mountainous plateau with forested valleys and high, grassy pastures; its eastern part contains a lowland basin with many lakes and streams. Tyrifjorden and Krøderen are the biggest lakes. Numedalslågen, the third longest river in Norway, starting in Hordaland, runs through Buskerud unto Vestfold where it reaches the sea, while river Begna sweeps into lake Sperillen.
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